Welcome to
the Town of
On the east
coast of
Lumsden has always been associated with the fishery and, today, still
thrives on the ocean=s marine life. Every year crab, shrimp, lobster, lump and caplin are harvested.
Lumsden is also a town full of tourism
potential. It has three beautiful
beaches that offers a perfect place to swim, sunbathe,
play volleyball or relax.
In the Lumsden area, there are great ponds for trouting
in the summer and ice-fishing in the winter.
For those who love the sport, there are four salmon rivers that are just
minutes away. There are opportunities
for hunting big or small game, as well.
Throughout the spring and early summer, Lumsden
is a great place for sighting icebergs.
If you wish to take a closer view of these icebergs, there are local
fishermen who would take you out in their boats. Berry-picking is also available, in season,
or you may wish to just Abuy a gallon or two@ instead. Other attractions
in the area AThe Crows= Gulch@, a granite mine, Queen=s Head, northern and southern islands, and the kind and friendly
people of Lumsden.
Community
Profile
Population
In 2001 the population of Lumsden
was 622.
Municipal Services
~ Water and Sewer
~ Garbage collection
on weekly bases
~ Fire Protection
Services - Lumsden Volunteer Fire
Department
~ Snow clearing
~ Street lighting
~ Street Maintenance
Churches
~ Wesley United
Church
~ Kingdom Hall
of Jehovah Witness
Health Care
~
~ Bonnews Lodge (
~ Otterbury Manor (Wesleyville)
Other Services
~
~
Post Office
~
RCMP (Pound Cove)
~
Lumsden School Complex (K to 12) Students are bussed
in from two outside communities,
~ Softball field,
playground, basketball court, tennis
court, part owner of Beothic Arena (Pound Cove)
~ Telephone, Internet,
Cable TV, Cellular Phone
service.
~ Gander Beacon (local
paper weekly delivery service)
Local
Businesses
~
Advantec Cleaners
~ Barbour's Bed &
Breakfast/Cabins
~ Beothic
Fish Processors
~ Butt's Store (grocery)
~ Chester Fried Chicken
~ C. Robbins Red &
White Store (grocery)
~ Deborah Goodyear
(Newfoundland Insurance)
~ Goodyear's Carpentry
~ Goodyear's Trucking
~ Goodyear's Variety (grocery)
~ Guys & Gals Hair
Design
~ Morison's Lounge
~ Rich's Enterprises
(Ultramar)
~ Robbins' Trucking
~ Wanda's Beauty Salon
~ Woodcrafters (wood
craft shop)
Groups
and Organizations
~ United Church Women
(UCW)
~ Explores (
to Grade Six)
~
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT)
~ Eagles Nest
Youth Center
~ Merry Meeting
Senior Citizens
~
Tadpoles (Church group for Kindergarten to Grade Three)
From
Lumsden was originally named
For
years, the people there lived in two separate areas: Lumsden
South and Lumsden North. Around 1956-57, the
people of Lumsden South started to resettle further
inland and, in 1967, the people of Lumsden North also
joined resettlement.
Lumsden Had Its
Very Own Pirate
The Legend of Billy Murne
In the mid 1880's, it is said that Lumsden (then known as
Where he came from or
how he got here no one knows
for sure.
Stories have been told that he escaped from a pirate ship,
stealing gold from his fellow pirates and
somehow made
his way to
Lumsden North and Lumsden South by a huge rock. For
Many years the burnt side of this rock gave
evidence of
Billy Murne's
fireplace, even though only few has said to
have
seen this rock.
People say that a young girl by the name of Helen gray
took care of Billy Murne,
probably hoping for some
financial reward before he died. On
one occasion, when
Billy was trying to recuperate from an evening
of heavy
drinking he call Helen to his bedside.
"Helen", he
murmured, "Can you keep a
secret?" "Yes, Mr. Murne,"
replied Helen, beaming with excitement,
hoping that he
would
tell her his hiding place for all of his gold. But,
turning
his head to one side, said: "And, so can I".
No one really knows what happened to Billy Murne. He
either died on the beaches of Lumsden or in the town of
in
buried
somewhere in the beaches of Lumsden.
Shipwrecks
The
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The first
recorded wreck at
The Unicorn left
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On the night
of September 15, 1891 the Amazon (James Noble, from
That night
Susanna Goodyear was in labour. The light that
the men had seen was her husband, Esau, with his lamp lit to go for the
mid-wife.
Later that day,
the body of Skipper Noble was found on the beach. Not far from where the
second crew landed. While his coffin was being built his body was laid
out in Esau Goodyear's stage. While preparing his body for burial a pipe
full of tobacco fell from the Skippers pocket. One of the men who were
building the casket wanted a smoke and remembered the pipe. Two other men
followed behind him and crept under the stage. When the man reached for
the pipe the other men pretending to be the spirit of the Skipper said
"Don't you touch that pipe!" Uncle
William replied, "Dat's alright Skipper, I only
wants the baccy, I'll bring the pipe right
back."
*
One of the
greatest storms talked about in Lumsden is the
boisterous gale that occurred on June 7, 1885. It is known locally as the
seventh of June gale. Several schooners met their fate on Cat Harbour beaches during that storm: Corkum, sixty tons; Lady Winsor,
twenty tons; Julie B., thirty tons; Coquette, fifty tons;
Gibbons, thirty tons; and the Lolanthe.
These vessels were on the way to Labrador for a season's fishing and were
literally blown upon
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The most
recent wreck talked about in Lumsden was that of the
S.S. Tackery on December 27, 1946.
The Tackery was bound for Botwood.
Just after passing
Many say that
was a memorable Christmas in Lumsden. The
population was boosted by thirty odd men, who brought from the vessel two
hundred and fifty bottles of rum and whisky.
click here to visit the Lumsden Festival Webpage